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AIMCo CEO Evan Siddall on Shadow Banks and Investing More in Canada

Pension Pulse

AIMCo CEO Evan Siddall wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail stating ‘shadow banks’ aren’t a problem for the financial system – they are the solution: During the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-09, society paid a heavy price for having allowed financial institutions to become “too big to fail.”

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The Trouble with Venture Capital Data

This is going to be BIG.

That's what we had at the General Motors pension fund when I was there. Cash in the bank. Making investment decisions based on the private company markup of the last idiot who put money into something to get a preferred share that comes out first if s**t hits the fan. You know what a long term dataset is?

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At the Money: Finding Overlooked Private Investments

The Big Picture

 At The Money: Finding Overlooked Private Investments , with Soraya Darabi, TMV (October 02, 2024) The Efficient Market Hypothesis informs us that stock markets reflect all of the information known about any company. But is that also true for start-ups and venture-funded private companies?

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MSCI (MSCI) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

With the completed acquisition of Burgiss, MSCI can now provide additional clarity and transparency highly needed by investors across private and public assets in their portfolios. Our product lines are increasingly interconnected, which means our work in private assets reinforces our work in climate and vice versa. Your line is open.

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China's Looming Retirement Crisis Highlights Global Crisis

Pension Pulse

But the pension fund could run out of money by 2035, according to the state-run Chinese Academy of Sciences. Private companies partly fund the home, taking the pressure off the local government. That was a 2019 estimate, before the pandemic shutdowns, which hit China's economy hard.

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HOOPP Beefs Up Its ILS Investments in 2022

Pension Pulse

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) is just one of the numerous pension fund and major ILS investors we track in our directories here. First, read my comment covering HOOPP's 2022 results where the plan remains fully funded despite losing 8.6% That's what we did with Canadian banks and provincial bonds."

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Transcript: David Snyderman, Magnetar Capital

The Big Picture

00:05:21 [Speaker Changed] No income taxes for the company and, and 00:05:23 [Speaker Changed] Then Koch Industries, I I, I don’t think a lot of people realize one of the largest private companies in the United States and maybe even the largest, they’re, they’re giant energy powerhouse. Oh, really?

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